NHS Protect leads on work to identify and tackle crime across the health service.The aim is to protect NHS staff and resources from activities thatwould otherwise undermine their effectiveness and their ability to meet theneeds of patients and professionals. Ultimately, this helps to ensure theproper use of valuable NHS resources and a safer, more secure environmentin which to deliver and receive care.

06 July 2015

As NHS workers become more mobile and provide more services out in the community, NHS Protect has completed a comprehensive survey of lone worker protection across the NHS in England, and found wide variance in provision by employers.

16 June 2015

A criminal who received stolen NHS cancer care money has been ordered to pay back over £74,000 to the Royal Marsden Hospital, following a confiscation order brought by NHS Protect (Southwark Crown Court, June 11th 2015).

27 March 2015

Today at Blackfriars Crown Court, London, Judge Blacksell confiscated £2,161,758.45 from a convicted fraudster, which must be paid in compensation to the NHS. It is the largest amount NHS Protect has ever recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.